Small pleasures: updating the CV

I needed to update my Curriculum Vitae (CV) to apply for a teaching position. I haven't looked at my CV since around this time last year. Updating your CV can be uplifting for your confidence... but it can also be depressing. My previous CV update was a bit of the latter. All I did was add one tutor marking position, which wasn't nothing but seemed like a very small accomplishment. But I had written my Comps in the previous year so all the work I had done to date was toward my degree. Sometimes, you just have to relax and put things into perspective.

This time, I added one sessional instructor position, a conference presentation and two popular press publications. Sweet! Ah, small pleasures (and big disappointments)...!